Off the Grid: Leaving Social Media

Latest Episodes:

👁️ 24 Ways to Boost Your Visibility in 2024 Jan 24, 2024

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If you want to get your work in front of more people, today’s episode is for you!

This week we’re kicking off our ‘24 in 2024’ series, where I’m going to walk you through 24 creative marketing ideas for every stage of the customer journey. We’re starting at the very beginning when the customer first hears about you. So this week is all about boosting visibility and audience growth!

Tune in as we explore:

What it means to boost your visibility 👀
When you want to grow your audience (& when you don’t) 📊
4 ways to prepare yourself for more visibility 🪞
20 refreshing ideas for getting your work (& yourself) in front of new people 👯‍♀️

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

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💰 Overcoming Underearning — How Much Money I Made Last Year & What I’m Doing Differently This Year Jan 17, 2024

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Welcome to Season 3 of Off the Grid! We’re kicking off 2024 by talking about everyone’s favorite topic — money money money! 💸🤑💰

In this episode, I share my money story and unpack how I’ve overcome underearning over the past decade. Then I open my books to tell you exactly how much money Softer Sounds made last year, and I share three things I’m doing differently in my business in 2024.

Tune in for a big dose of financial transparency without any icky income claim marketing. Let's practice talking about money together!

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

💫 Is This the Year You Leave Social Media? [Free 5-Day Challenge] Jan 10, 2024

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Happy New Year, friends! Amelia here, dropping into your pod feed with three exciting announcements:

#1 — Season 3 of Off the Grid is launching next week! 🥳 Surprise! I’m coming back from break early and will be posting awesome weekly episodes through the end of June.

#2 — If you’re thinking 2024 might be the year you finally leave social media… I made you a 5-day challenge to plan your hiatus or exit! It’s free for everyone through the end of the month. (this challenge is no longer available for free)

#3 — Speaking of leaving social media … tune in to this bonus mini-sode for help feeling into if now’s the time for you to delete the apps. Lend me 15 minutes, and I’ll offer you a dozen reasons you might want to log off for a while or for good.

I’ll be back next week to officially kick off our third season. See ya then!

👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🌈 Want support building a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media? Join The Interweb — our affordable, annual membership for creatives, artists & business owners, who want to share their work & make money without social media. ✨

Mentioned in the episode—

Essays about leaving social media from Nic Antoinette, Marlee Grace, Emma Gannon and others
Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier

🥸 Am I a Business Owner or an Artist? (or a Secret Third Thing) Nov 08, 2023

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Welcome to the season two finale of Off the Grid!

In this episode, I’m unpacking the difference between business and art … and arguing that maybe it’s actually all about being of service?!

Tune in as I weave together Unreasonable Hospitality, The Bear, the Online Business Growth Escalator & a Spell for Releasing Your Shoulds — to inspire you to keep finding your way forward in your practice & to make some money in the meantime.

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🧗🏻‍♀️ Getting Off the Online Business Growth Escalator Nov 01, 2023

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Lately I've been feeling like mayyyybe I want to burn down my whole business...

But I know that's not really true! I've just been growing in the wrong direction and at the wrong pace.

So today on the pod, I'm bringing together everything I know about Online Business with my own business growth journey to explore why sometimes we feel like our businesses just won't work... and then other times they grow wayyyy beyond our capacity.

Tune in to hear more about:

Realizing you're on the Wrong Path & how to get off it
The Online Business Growth Escalator
What to do when your escalator is broken
How to chart your own path for business growth
Questions to get clear on where you want to go

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🪦 Grieving Social Media — How to Process Your Feelings About IG/Facebook/Twitter/TikTok Oct 25, 2023

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Why does leaving social media feel so impossible? I think one reason is because of how joy and grief intermingle on these platforms.

So this week we’re grieving social media together, so we can remember what we loved, recognize what we miss, and prepare ourselves to step into what’s next.

Tune in to hear more about:

What happened to social connection on social media
Why we need to make space to grieve IG/Facebook/Twitter
A 3-step practice for connecting with your feelings about social media
Grieving vs Mourning & Embodying the process

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🏄‍♀️ Here's Exactly How I Launch a New Offering [BONUS] Oct 18, 2023

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I just launched the next big thing for Off the Grid, so let me tell you exactly how I did it! 👀

Tune in to learn about The Interweb, our new annual membership for creatives, artists & small business owners who want to build a successful, sustainable business without relying on social media.

Then stay tuned as I reverse-engineer my process! So you can learn how to launch your own Next Big Thing with your talents, your capacity, your passions, and your community in mind.

👋 Thinking of leaving social media? You don't have to go it alone! Download our free Leaving Social Media Toolkit today

🤷‍♀️ How Much Is Enough? — Leaving Instagram & Right-Sizing Your Work with Nic Antoinette Oct 11, 2023

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How do we actually tend to our wellbeing & burn-out when we’re self-employed? And what happens to our businesses when we step back to heal?

Today I’m joined by a writer, podcaster, self-employed creator & community gatherer that I’ve long admired — Nic Antoinette.

This year Nic has gone through a period of shutting down almost all of the longest-running parts of her business in order to tend to her mental health and well-being.

In the process, she’s been in a period of deep inquiry about what it means to run a tiny business, when to let our beloved creations end, and how to feel like we have enough in our work and our lives.

She also left Instagram! Tune in to our conversation for—

A permission slip to step back from your business
Ways to navigate periods of contraction in your work
Why & how Nic left Instagram
“How much money is enough?”
Support making hard decisions

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

💸 How to Make $$$ with Your Friends — with Taylor Elyse Morrison Oct 04, 2023

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Everything’s better with friends, babe! Including making money in your busine$$.

Today I’m joined by my dear friend & biz cofounder Taylor Elyse Morrison to talk about the highs, the lows & the finances of working with your friends.

Taylor and I have been friends & collaborators for more than five years, partnering on everything from live workshops to brand partnerships to cofounding the Lifestyle Business League.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—

Different ways to collaborate with friends
Potential partnership pitfalls & how to avoid them
Our 2 Cs for successful collabs — Communication & Contracts
The difference between pitching a partnership & working with a friend
How to make new biz friends & deepen those relationships

RESOURCES + LINKS

👋 Download the FREE Leaving Social Media Toolkit

🌐 Get on the Interweb waitlist for creative business courses + community

💓 Join the Clubhouse for bonus episodes + emails

🧠 Creative Work Practices for AuDHD Artists & Entrepreneurs —with Mattia Maurée Sep 27, 2023

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This one goes out to all our neurodivergent biz babes out there.

Today I’m joined by coach & composer Mattia Maurée to talk about running a business & navigating social media in a way that supports your unique brain & lived experience.

Tune in to our conversation to hear about—